Need You To Need Me | Jenlisa

XVIII.

It was Friday night.

Lisa had been debating all day wether to go to the party to not, considering her fight with Jennie that ended with her standing alone in the middle of the city at night.

She had had to call a taxi to get herself home in a non suspicious time. She knew she couldn't have handled fighting with her mum too that day.

The days after the fight, Jennie and her had completely avoided each other's existence, both of them still too mad to even consider talking about it.

Skipping the party would be Lisa's way to go; but at the same time there was a voice in the back of her head that told her that doing that could be the end of their friendship for real this time.

Still, questions like "does she even want me to go?" Or "what if she tells me to get out of the house like she did in her car?" haunted Lisa during her every awaken moment.

She also knew that not going would worsen not only her personal relationship with Jennie, but also the one with the group, which could not heal from something like this. Jennie's birthday party was the only thing keeping the girls from not avoiding each other completely.

Plus, she had already told Soojin she'd go. And for some weird reason, it didn't feel right to stand the girl up like that. Also, knowing she would be thrown into that Hui guy's arms made Lisa slightly uncomfortable.

What had really brought her to start dressing up and doing her hair that evening, had been Jisoo. She had showed up to her house unexpectedly, like she usually did, with all her stuff and announced she needed Lisa to do her hair since she sucked at it.

Lisa had laughed, not before making space on the bathroom counter for her friend's things.

It were moments like these that made her realize how lucky she had been to find her people and be able to grow up with them. She couldn't imagine a life without them. And honestly, she didn't want to.

So she started doing her and Jisoo's make up the best she could. She wanted the both of them to look pretty for their best friend's birthday.

"You look really pretty, Jisoo" Lisa said while applying the older's mascara.

"Nah, don't go all gay on me, Lisa. You know we don't do that" Jisoo said. While her words had come out with a serious tone, the both of them couldn't help burst out laughing together.

"God knows there's enough drama in this group already" the older added, while letting out a small puff of air from her mouth.

"So, you noticed?" Lisa sighed.

"Girl, if you don't recall, I am a part of this group. You and Jennie seem to want to jump each other's bones or throats, I still can't decide. Probably both."

For a moment, Lisa's hand froze mid air. She had always naively thought that her friends wouldn't be aware of what was going on with her and Jennie. Probably because for a lot of time Jennie had made her feel, actually she still did, like there was nothing going on with them and it was all inside her head.

So to feel someone acknowledging the situation felt scary, but also incredibly reassuring. She hadn't been dreaming after all.

"I can say the same for you and Chaeng"

"There's no me and Chaeng" Jisoo said firmly.

"I know you had a fight, but it's gonna be alright like always. Don't be dramatic." Lisa had said while moving to the girl's mouth to apply lipstick

"I'm not being drammatic" Jisoo said, her words coming out muffled. "I don't think we can come back from this this time. She needs to figure stuff out on her own. And she can't do that if I'm always there to help her out. She needs to make her mistakes, realize them and solve them on her own"

Lisa felt surprised at how rehearsed Jisoo's speech felt.

"Do you tell this to yourself to sleep better?" Lisa half mocked her. She didn't want to make fun of the situation, but she also wanted to shine light on the fact that Jisoo's take on all this thing might be too harsh.

"Chaeng's still growing up. She's dealing with stuff we've dealt with a long time ago. And not because she's not mature but because we're all different and we each take our time."
Lisa said while smiling softly at Jisoo. She was now applying the finishing touches on the brunette's face.

"You know. For how I see things, I think Chaeng's is kind of going through a rebellious phase. She needs to separate from what she has known all of her life, aka us, and explore new things that she thinks will help her understand who she is. It's kind of like when you're 13 and you start to think your parents are losers. Ten years later, you call your mum for the slightest inconvenience".

"Please don't tell me you've just compared me to Chaeng's mum," Jisoo said while pretending to throw up on the sink.

Lisa laughed once again at her friend's mannerism.

"Who knows, she might be into that". Lisa kept teasing her.

"I can't believe I already feel sick tonight and it's not because of the alcohol".

Once they arrived to Jennie's party, it was already a full house.

Outside of the main entrance, there were people smoking and talking. But that couldn't have prepared them for the absolute madness that was inside.

Barely being able to move, hundreds of people filled every inch of Jennie's humongous house.

"This is crazy" Lisa could hear Jisoo say before grabbing her hand and leading the way through drunk bodies towards the kitchen.

They hoped to find the birthday girl since she was the sole reason they were at this party.
Luckily, they did.

Leaning on one counter, was Jennie in all her glory.

She looked absolutely stunning, was all Lisa had been able to think.

She was wearing a red silk dress that left her back uncovered. Long brown hair had been let down, moving in waves accordingly to Jennie's head movements. A simple eyeliner accentuated her already cat-like eyes and the red of her lips matched the one of her dress.

Lisa was too busy to take in the girl's appearance that she had failed to notice the guy that was chatting with her until their arrive: Kai.

Jisoo was the one to make the first move, side hugging Jennie and whispering "happy birthday, girl" on her ear.

Lisa, on the other hand, had made no move towards the brunette. She still didn't know how to behave. The thoughts of the brunette's harsh words and even coldest eyes when she made Lisa get out of the car were keeping her frozen on her place.

Going to the party had already been the first move for Lisa.

"You came" was all Jennie said to Lisa. There was no surprise, nor excitement in her voice. She was just stating a fact.

Lisa nodded. After that, Jennie took Kai's hand and started leading him into the living room.

" if you'll excuse us, I need Kai's help with an ice emergency" Jennie said, avoding Lisa's eyes and speaking directly to Jisoo.

Lisa couldn't believe it. Jennie had been the one who had left her at the side of the road after offering her a ride home, yet Lisa was the one who was being treated like she had done something wrong. All she had done was accusing the older girl of being jealous. How despicable of her.

Jisoo watched her with a knowing gaze, before she asked her something she knew Lisa would never say no to:

"Wanna drink?"